Kane Ferdinand to miss most of Shrimpers pre-season

06 Jul 2011 11:27:04

No West Ham or Ipswich Town. Southend United's much talked about midfielder Kane Ferdinand will miss most of the club's pre-season schedule after receiving the call to join the Irish squad in the Under-19 European Championships in Romania in July. Kane Ferdinand: Another Irish call-up will take him to sunny Romania instead of sunnier Scotland Southend United midfielder Kane Ferdinand has been named in the Republic of Ireland squad for the Under-19 European Championships. The competition takes place in Romania from 20 July and the squad will hold a training camp in Italy next week. Ferdinand, 18, will miss most of Southend's pre-season schedule to take part in the tournament. He broke into the Southend side in the second half of last season and was soon called up for under-19 duty. The Republic of Ireland begin their campaign against Greece on the opening day, before further group games against the Czech Republic and hosts Romania.